Wednesday, January 27, 1999
Wednesday, January 27, 1999
Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers. (Romans 12:13
NRSV)
Agatha Burgess has the love of Jesus in her heart. When we identify with him, we also identify
with the needs of those around us.
Ronald Newhouse, Texas, USA
Agatha Burgess lives in the small mill town of Buffalo, South Carolina. She gets up every
morning to cook at five o'clock. Eighty-year-old Agatha has been doing this five days a week for
fifteen years. She gets up and cooks food for Meals on Wheels, which is picked up by volunteers
at 11:00 a.m. By noon another group of people come, mill workers and judges and truck drivers,
and the guy who runs the Ford agency. Agatha feeds anyone who comes to the door, and she
makes them feel welcome. She encourages them to fill their plates and go back for seconds. For
all this, they pay $2.75. She knows that's too much for some people, and she doesn't ask them for
anything. When asked why she does what she does, Agatha replied, "I love it." She always wanted
"to be a person that lived by the side of the road, and be a friend to man." She was asked why she
didn't stop and rest. "Wouldn't have anything to live for," she replied. "Because these people
coming everyday, they mean so much to me."
Prayer: Dear God, help me to see the needs of those around me. Amen.
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